A juvenile suspected of being involved in cyberattacks against multiple Las Vegas casinos was arrested last week, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced.
The attacks were attributed to the infamous hacking group Scattered Spider, and the FBI, which took over the investigation, identified a teenage male as a suspect.
The unnamed teenager, the Las Vegas police say, surrendered to the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center on September 17, and was booked on identity theft, extortion, and computer intrusion charges.
The Clark County District Attorney’s Office, the police say, is seeking to transfer the teenager to the criminal division, to face the charges as an adult.
This is the third suspected Scattered Spider group member to have been arrested over the past week, after authorities in the UK arrested two individuals on similar suspicion.
The British suspects, Thalha Jubair, 19, and Owen Flowers, 18, were charged over their roles in a September 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL).
Last week, US authorities announced charges against Jubair, over his alleged involvement in over 120 cyberattacks executed between May 2022 and September 2025.
According to the indictment, Jubair and his co-conspirators received over $115 million in ransom payments from victim organizations.
Jubair was charged in the US with computer fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy, and faces up to 95 years in prison if found guilty.
The Scattered Spider group recently announced its retirement, but the operation appears to have remained active, currently targeting the financial sector.
Several other individuals were arrested, charged, and sentenced over the past year for their alleged connections with Scattered Spider.
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